Listings
: Bells on Sunday
From St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.: Something Understood
The Contentedness of Hermits. Mark Tully asks if there is still a place for the hermit amid the frenetic busyness of modern life. What is to be gained from a deliberate withdrawal into solitude? Producer Beverley McAinsh. Repeated at 11.30pmContributors
Unknown:
Mark
Tully
Producer:
Beverley
McAinsh.
: On Your Farm
Anothertopical episode of the farming programme. Producer Hugh O'DonnellContributors
Producer:
Hugh
O'Donnell
: News
: Sunday
Roger Bolton with the religious and ethical news of the week. Producer Karen Maurice. E-MAIL: sunday@bbc.co.ukContributors
Unknown:
Roger
Bolton
Producer:
Karen
Maurice.
: Radio 4 Appeal
Julie Christie speaks on behalf of a charity which works to improve the lives of people with ME, many of whom are severely disabled.Producer Anne Downing. DONATIONS: Action for ME,[address removed] CREDIT CARDS: [number removed] Repeated at 9.25pm and Thursday 3.27pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Julie
Christie
Producer:
Anne
Downing.
: News
: Sunday Worship
"Life is perhaps the only riddle that we shrink from giving up." A service from the Buxton International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival reflecting on the 100th anniversary of the death of Arthur Sullivan. With the Rev Stephen Shipley and the Rev Dr Ian Bradley. Director of music Michael Williams.Contributors
Unknown:
Arthur
Sullivan.
Unknown:
Stephen
Shipley
Unknown:
Dr Ian
Bradley.
Music:
Michael
Williams.
: Letter from America
Repeated from Friday: Broadcasting House
Eddie Mair presents a fresh approach to news, with conversation about the big stories of the week. Editor Kevin MarshContributors
Unknown:
Eddie
Mair
Editor:
Kevin
Marsh
: The Archers
Omnibus edition.: Desert Island Discs
Sue Lawley's castaway is Judge Albie Sachs whose book, The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs , details his time spent in solitary confinement in South Africa as a result of his involvement in the campaign against apartheid in the sixties. After a long exile in Britain, he returned to his homeland in the nintiesto help shape its new constitution. Producer Miranda Birch.Shortened 9pm
A new Desert Island Discs collection is available now on CD from music retailers
Contributors
Unknown:
Sue
Lawley
Unknown:
Albie
Sachs
Producer:
Miranda
Birch
- Desert Island Discs: Albie Sachs 45 minutes
: I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
Sandi Toksvig joins regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden , Tim Brooke-Taylor and chairman Humphrey Lyttelton at the Pavilion theatre in Bournemouth. Repeated from MondayContributors
Unknown:
Sandi
Toksvig
Unknown:
Barry
Cryer
Unknown:
Graeme
Garden
Unknown:
Tim
Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
Humphrey
Lyttelton
: The Food Programme
What do Pythagoras, Einstein and Leonardo da Vinci have in common with four million people in the UK and 5,000 converts every week?Documentary maker Eka Morgan explores the world of vegetarianism in the story of a vegetarian. Producer Rebecca Wells. Extended repeat tomorrow4pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Leonardo Da
Vinci
Producer:
Rebecca
Wells.
: Soul Music
An eight-part series about music that makes the hairs stand up on the back of our necks.1: Elgar's Cello Concerto. Cellist Julian Lloyd
Webber talks about what it's like to play this work, and Tim Dinsley shares the way in which he and his daughter Jo used this music to support them as she was dying. Michael Kennedy discusses why this piece has such an impact on people. Producer Rosie Boulton
Contributors
Unknown:
Julian
Lloyd
Unknown:
Tim
Dinsley
Unknown:
Michael
Kennedy
Producer:
Rosie
Boulton
: Gardeners' Question Time
John Cushnie , Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood answer questions posed by gardeners from Norfolk. With chairman Eric Robson. Producer Trevor Taylor. Repeated Wednesday 3pmContributors
Unknown:
John
Cushnie
Unknown:
Bob
Flowerdew
Unknown:
Pippa
Greenwood
Unknown:
Eric
Robson.
Producer:
Trevor
Taylor.
: Ramblings with Clare Balding
This week Balding walks around Laugharne, home of poet Dylan Thomas , in the company of one of the town's oldest inhabitants, Brenda Williams. The route can be found on OS Explorer 177.WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4. PHONE: [number removed]. Producer Lucy Lunt
Contributors
Unknown:
Dylan
Thomas
Unknown:
Brenda
Williams.
Producer:
Lucy
Lunt
: Classic Serial: Emma: 1
Jane Austen's sparkling comedy of love and marriage is dramatised in two parts by April de Angelis.Emma Woodhouse - handsome, clever and rich - is a young woman so blessed by life that she declares she will never marry. However, she is determined to find the right match for her new friend Harriet Smith.
(Repeated Saturday 9pm)
Deja view with Mark Lewisohn: page 15
Contributors
Author:
Jane
Austen
Dramatised by:
April de
Angelis
Music:
Martin
Souter
Music:
Sarah
Stowe
Director:
Jonquil
Panting
Emma:
Eve
Best
Mr Woodhouse:
Norman
Rodway
Mr Knightley:
Robert
Bathurst
Miss Bates:
Marcia
Warren
Mrs Weston:
Patience
Tomlinson
Harriet:
Ellie
Beaven
Mr Elton:
David
Bamber
Mr Weston:
Andrew
Wincott
Jane:
Beth
Chalmers
Frank:
Tom
Hollander
: Open Book
Charl ie Lee Potter exami nes the best books of the week and investigates the thankless job of the ghostwriter.Producer Fiona McLean. Repeated Friday 4pm
The next Bookclubon 3 Decemberwill be Graham Swift 's Watertand
Contributors
Unknown:
Lee
Potter
Producer:
Fiona
McLean.
Unknown:
Graham
Swift
: Adventures in Poetry
I The conclusion of a series exploring the background, effect and lasting appeal of some of our best-loved and most familiar poems.6: The Owl and the Pussycat. Peggy Reynolds explores the nonsense world of Edward Lear 's The Owl and the Pussycat with the help of academics, writers, children and other fans. Producer Sara Davies. Repeated Saturday 11.30pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Edward
Lear
Producer:
Sara
Davies.
: File on 4
Maurice Walsh reports from Chile on events following the return of General Pinochet. Has he escaped retribution as critics predicted, or haveChileans been inspired by new efforts to confront the past? Repeated from Tuesday
Contributors
Unknown:
Maurice
Walsh
: A Samba for Saro-Wiwa
In two recollections Zina Saro-Wiwa , the 24 year-old daughter of the executed Nigerian activist Ken, revisits in her mind the place where she found solace and a sense of belonging: not in her native Nigeria, nor in Britain where she has lived most of her life, but in Salvador da Bahia, the old Brazilian capital where West African culture is everywhere apparent. 1: Bahia Calling Producer Nigel Acheson. Repeated Saturday 7.45pmContributors
Unknown:
Zina
Saro-Wiwa
Producer:
Nigel
Acheson.
: Pick of the Week
Clare English presents her selection of extracts from BBC radio over the past seven days.Phone: [number removed] Fax: [number removed].
E-Mail: [address removed] Website: [address removed]
Contributors
Presenter:
Clare
English
Producer:
Neil
George
: The Archers
Ruth makes a wish. Repeated tomorrow 2pmSoap and Flannel with Alison Graham : page 44
Contributors
Unknown:
Alison
Graham
: Room for Improvement
The series which offers you the perfect way to become a better and wiser human being. Laurie Taylor and guests consider different ways of enriching the mind, body and spirit.Producers Rebecca Nicholson and Jane O'Rourke
Contributors
Unknown:
Laurie
Taylor
Producers:
Rebecca
Nicholson
Producers:
Jane
O'Rourke
: Money BOX
Repeated from yesterday 12 noon: Radio 4 Appeal
Repeated from 7.55am: Analysis
Scratch My Back. Andrew Dilnott asks whywe now expect people to be selfish, what can be done to increase the stock of altruism and whether selflessness is always good. Repeated from ThursdayContributors
Unknown:
Andrew
Dilnott
: The Westminster Hour
Next week's political headlines with Andrew Rawnsley. Including It's a Funny Old WorldEditor John Evans. It's a Funny Old World rptd Wednesday 8.45pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Andrew
Rawnsley.
Editor:
John
Evans.
: Something Understood
Repeated from 6.05am: News
: With Great Pleasure
Poet and anthologist Matthew Sweeney presents favourite prose and poetry from his own personal collection. Reader Bonnie Hurran. Rptd from ThursdayContributors
Unknown:
Matthew
Sweeney
Reader:
Bonnie
Hurran.
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